Writing Analysis Strategy: Part III: Analysis of a Multigenre Piece Read each piece of the project carefully and check all that apply. Write specific examples in the space below for each of the genres in the project. Genre Magazine Cover Examples What effective choices did the writer make regarding use of information, appearance, and point of view? 1. The reader learns about the topic from the piece. yes□
2. What visual techniques did the writer use to enhance authenticity and mood? Appearance Font yes□ Arrangement on page no□ Graphics no□ Other □
3. What point of view did the writer select? The subject’s yes□
An inanimate object’s no□
Other □ Organization How did the writer choose to organize the piece to accomplish the purpose? 1. Organizational pattern Chronological yes□
Read each piece of the project carefully and check all that apply. Write specific examples in the space below for each of the genres in the project.
Genre Magazine Cover Examples
What effective choices did the writer make regarding use
of information, appearance, and point of view?
1. The reader learns about the topic from the piece. yes□
2. What visual techniques did the writer use to enhance
authenticity and mood?
Appearance
Font yes□
Arrangement on page no□
Graphics no□
Other □
3. What point of view did the writer select?
The subject’s yes□
An inanimate object’s no□
Other □
Organization
How did the writer choose to organize the piece to
accomplish the purpose?
1. Organizational pattern
Chronological yes□
Order of importance yes□
Categorical yes□
Inverted pyramid no□
Problem solution no□
Spatial yes□
Other □
Organizational, order of importance, categorical (because its an interview)
©2006 by Melinda Putz from A Teacher’s Guide to the Multigenre Research Project. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.